AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah as part of additional emergency measures over the war in Gaza, the U.N.’s top court said on Friday. In the ongoing case brought by South Africa, which accuses Israel of acts of genocide against Palestinians, the […]
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Streams of Palestinians filed into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Monday to salvage what they could from the vast destruction left in the wake of Israel’s offensive, a day after the Israeli military announced it was withdrawing troops from the area. Many came back to the […]
The Israeli military chief of staff said on Sunday that even though some troops are being withdrawn from the Gaza Strip, the six-month-old war in the Palestinian territory is far from over. “The war in Gaza continues, and we are far from stopping,” said Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, who serves as chief of staff of […]
With the Afghan new year, or Nowruz, falling during the month of Ramadan this year, Afghans and Afghan Americans around the US who celebrated while fasting prepared with a few traditional dishes to share after sundown last week. Zuhra, 30, had some of her relatives over to her house in Santa Ana, California. She decorated […]
Mar. 10—It was 1946, and youthful Navy veteran John F. Kennedy was a nervous candidate for Congress. Kennedy’s campaign aides had a particular fear of one opponent, Boston City Councilor Joseph Russo. They discovered a janitor in Kennedy’s apartment building also was named Joseph Russo. To draw away votes from Councilor Russo, associates of Kennedy […]
A man who heckled President Biden during his State of the Union address on Thursday night was removed by Capitol Police officers and arrested, the U.S. Capitol Police confirmed in a statement to Yahoo News. The heckler was identified as 51-year-old Steven K. Nikoui, whose son, U.S. Marine Kareem Nikoui, was among 13 U.S. service […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned allies that an “artificial deficit” of weapons for his country risks giving Russia breathing space, hours after his military chief said he was withdrawing troops from the eastern city of Avdiivka. Mr Zelensky spoke to the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of security and foreign policy officials. Ukraine […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned allies that an “artificial deficit” of weapons for his country risks giving Russia breathing space, hours after his military chief said he was withdrawing troops from the eastern city of Avdiivka. Mr Zelensky spoke to the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of security and foreign policy officials. Ukraine […]
Experts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have suggested that Ukrainian units are currently “conducting a relatively controlled withdrawal” from Avdiivka. Source: ISW Details: Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated on the night of 16-17 February that he had ordered Ukrainian forces in Avdiivka to withdraw to more […]
The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council recently passed a resolution to support the proposed mineral withdrawal, which will ban mining around the Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills, preserving the land and drinking water. The ban would cover about 32 square miles encompassing the Pactola Reservoir and areas of public land upstream that drain into the […]
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports of a possible ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza. Speaking at an event in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, he repeated his vow to keep fighting until “absolute victory” over Hamas. “We will not end this war without achieving all of our goals,” he […]